電影天堂Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life only to find that the boy has a few secrets of his own.

凡爾杜先生（查理·卓別林 Charles Chaplin 飾）曾經是一名銀行的職員，跟妻子莫納（Mady Correll 飾）和兒子皮特（Allison Roddan 飾）一同過著平靜但是幸福的生80s電影。經濟大蕭條的到來令凡爾杜先生失去了工作，有一個家庭要養活的他流落在街頭無處容身，絕望之情溢于言表。

小鎮沉悶的空氣令受過高等教育的Charlie（Teresa Wright）十分壓抑，她渴望在外謀大事、自己喜愛和崇敬的Uncle Charlie（Joseph Cotten）能突然出現，為自己的生活注入一縷新最新福利片。Charlie欲發電報邀請舅舅來做客時，竟先收到他發來的要來的報文，驚喜之外，她對舅舅的愛又加深一層?！　ncle Charlie的到來令Charlie及父母非常興奮，但酷愛讀書的妹妹無動于衷。不久Charlie如沐春風變作無憂無慮的少女。兩個自稱報社記者的陌生人有心將Charlie一家當作典型美國家庭采訪，Uncle Charlie為此事大發雷霆相當失態，令Charlie和母親大為不解。而同其中之一Herbie Hawkins（Hume Cronyn）交談中，Charlie震驚地聽聞有關舅舅的駭人秘密。

艾斯特（珍妮·蓋諾 Janet Gaynor 飾）是懷揣著成名的夢想，剛剛步入好萊塢發展的年輕女演員，在大明星諾曼（弗雷德里克·馬奇 Fredric March 飾）舉辦的慈善演出中，艾斯特大放異彩，成為了萬眾矚目的焦點，而她和諾曼之間也相互吸引，漸漸產生了感情，就這樣，兩人走到了一電影天堂。　　諾曼用自己的人脈幫助艾斯特創造了一些演出機會，而艾斯特本身就是一個悟性非常高的女孩，擁有絕佳的表演天賦，沒過多久，她就成為了冉冉升起的新星，未來可期，前途無量。但相對的，艾斯特的成名反襯出了諾曼的過氣，他酗酒的毛病讓他的星途屢遭滑鐵盧。雖然妻子的優秀令諾曼感到自豪，但沮喪和挫敗感亦在無時不刻的折磨著他。

潦草網While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.　　Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).　　Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.　　After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.　　Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.　　Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.　　Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.　　After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.